Tigerspike

Tigerspike is a mobile technology company founded in 2003 by Luke Janssen, Oliver Palmer, and Dean Jezard.[1][2][3][4] Tigerspike provides personal media technology consulting, UX/UI design, multi-platform development on smartphones, tablet computers, Amazon Kindle, smart TVs and strategic expertise along with success tracking metrics, strategy, user experience, UX design, analytics, mBaaS (mobile back end as a service) and in house multi-platform development.[3][5][6] Tigerspike is best known for developing apps for The Economist, Haaretz and Royal Dutch Shell.[1][2][5][7][8][9]

Tigerspike has offices in Sydney, Australia, Melbourne, Australia, London, England, New York City, San Francisco, US, Singapore and Dubai.[10][11] Luke Janssen serves as Tigerspike's CEO.[2]

History

Tigerspike was founded in 2003.[4] In 2008, Tigerspike opened its Innovation Lab, which focuses on new technologies, including encryption and compression.[4] The lab is headed by Oliver Palmer.[4]

In 2011, Tigerspike secured a US$ 11 million investment from Aegis Group.[3][12] The same year, Tigerspike was featured on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies and expanded into Singapore.[11][13]

Tigerspike released Karacell, a quantum computing encryption technology designed for mobile devices in 2012.[14] The company also won the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia award in 2013.[15][16] It was the seventh year in a row Tigerspike won that award.[17][18][19][20][21] Red Herring recognized Tigerspike as a Top 100 company in 2013.[22]

Products

Tigerspike has developed applications for many print media companies such as The Economist and Haaretz.[1][5][23] Tigerspike’s cloud-based service platform, is used by clients such as Pepsi, Vodafone and the World Wide Fund for Nature.[3] The company also developed the ICSA Blueprint BoardPad app, an enterprise app used for board meetings and agenda for 71 of the FTSE 100 companies.[24]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Stuart Dredge (21 April 2011). "Interview: TigerSpike on the three key trends in mobile publishing". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "#87 Tigerspike". Forbes. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Meghan Kelly (18 July 2011). "Aegis Media takes $11M minority stake in media marketing firm TigerSpike". Venture Beat. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Luke Jannsen Tigerspike". EY Entrepreneur of the Year. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Haaretz produces iPad app with Tigerspike". InPublishing. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "UTV Pitch appoints TigerSpike for app development". The Drum. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Sophie Maden (2 August 2011). "Economist launches Android app after 2.4m Apple downloads". MediaWeek. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "2013 Shortlist". Digital Impact Awards 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Shell IR app takes tech gong at IR Society 2013 Awards". IR Magazine. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  10. ↑ Ryan Jon Dunn (1 August 2012). "Onyapreneurs: Luke Janssen from Tigerspike". Onya Magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  11. 1 2 James Hutchinson (19 July 2011). "Sydney's Tigerspike eyes Singapore". itnews. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Stuart Kennedy (11 February 2014). "Tigerpsike hunts for expansion funding". AustralianIT.
  13. ↑ "America's Most Promising Companies List". Forbes. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  14. ↑ Brad Howarth (25 July 2012). "Australian scientists make the leap on computer security". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2013" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2012" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2011" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  18. ↑ "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2010" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  19. ↑ "Technology Fast 50 Australia 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  20. ↑ "Technology Fast 50 Australia 2008" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  21. ↑ "Technology Fast 50 Australia 2007" (PDF). Deloitte. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  22. ↑ "2013 Red Herring Global: Top 100 Winners". Red Herring. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  23. ↑ "Tigerspike: Unlocking the Power of Personal Media". CIO Review. December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  24. ↑ Doug Drinkwater (11 November 2011). "Tigerspike: The second wave is coming…and it’s for mobile enterprise applications". TabTimes. Retrieved 16 October 2013.

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